Concepts
AvailableThe vocabulary used throughout Orkovia.
Before using Orkovia, it helps to know these terms — they show up throughout the Modeler, Monitor, and API.
| Term | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Process | A business workflow definition |
| BPMN | Visual notation used to model the workflow |
| Process Definition | A deployed version of a process |
| Process Instance | One running execution |
| Job | Automated work waiting for a worker |
| Worker | Application that performs a job |
| Human Task | Work assigned to a person |
| Variable | Data carried by a process |
| Mapping | Transformation of process data |
| Connector | Reusable integration with another system |
| Element Template | Reusable configuration abstraction |
| Form | Structured human-input UI |
| Decision | Business rule evaluated by the process |
| Incident | Runtime problem preventing progress |
| Deployment | Publishing a process definition to an environment |
How the pieces fit together
Business idea
Model
Configure
Test
Deploy
Run
Monitor
Analyze
Improve
A Process Definition is the reusable blueprint (“Order Approval v3”). A Process Instance is one execution of that blueprint (“Order #O1001”). One definition can have many concurrent instances — see First deployment for a worked example.